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NASD to Hear
Suit Over Firing
Of ING Employee

By

Tom Lauricella

Updated Sept. 18, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

A dispute between ING Funds and a former ING mutual-fund salesman who says he was fired for complaining the firm broke securities regulations is heading today to a National Association of Securities Dealers arbitration panel.

The case is perhaps the first to be heard by an NASD panel that alleges a violation of Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower protections. In addition to filing the complaint against ING Funds Distributors, the sales arm of ING Funds, the claim was also filed against five ING executives, including Robert...